bipolar adhd symptoms
The very name of the illness – bipolar – tells us that these are two extremes. In its simplest form can be seen as mood swings – from mania to depression and back. We take each one separately:
Symptoms of mania
Mania can range from the normal level of mood through of hypomania (which includes mild to moderate) to severe mania.
- Turning a high and very optimistic, happy and even euphoric
- The beliefs and unrealistic ideas about their ability to
- Full of energy
- Not feeling the need for sleep
- Food that is seen as a necessity
- Feeling self-important and powerful
- Illogical thinking and hallucinations
- Quick intervention the words came often inconsistently
- The lack of focus and jump from one idea to another without completing the previous
- Easily distracted
- The impulsivity that impairs judgment
- Can not think things through and weigh the consequences of actions
Symptoms Depression
Depression is at the normal level of mood through mild depression and moderate to severe.
- Feeling sad, hopeless and very pessimistic
- Unable to experience any pleasure
- Lack of energy
- The lethargy and loss of interest in everyday life
- The lack of appetite leading to weight loss
- They often can not sleep
- Lack of concentration, together with trouble remembering things
- Different feelings of worthlessness and emptiness
- Feelings of guilt and despair
- Hallucinations and logical thinking
- Suicidal thoughts
One patient did not experience all these symptoms. Also the two ends are not may experience in equal measure. The swing is not like a pendulum back and forth in any type of rhythm. It is perhaps the deep and persistent depression and mania just yet perceptible
There are terms to describe the various combinations of bipolar symptoms. However, symptoms will appear in the mixtures according to the individual and medical advice should be sought.
Rapid cycling
This term is used to describe the movement in and out of normal mood in one or other of the ends or from one extreme to another. This happens four or more times in the space of one year.
Mixed episode
This is when the two ends of the spectrum are happening at once, so it may be full of ideas and unable to enjoy them.
Cyclothymia
In this there is a tendency to swing from mania mild to moderate depression and back continuously for at least two years.
Psychosis
These are the symptoms of hallucinations and delusions and loss of contact with reality. Communicating with others perhaps difficult. This is probably The rarest of these diseases.
A qualified doctor will be able to diagnose exactly what is happening.
Knowing about this illness helps both sufferers and carers. For more information about depression, visit: Depression FAQs
Jean Taylor became interested in the illness when members of her family were diagnosed with depression. This led her to research alongside the experience which was thrust upon her. She has now set up a website: http://www.depression-faqs.com
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